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Will the Earth's Tail Fry Moon Visitors?
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month — during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according to one researcher quoted by NASA in 'The Moon and the Magnetotail.' So far, this is pure speculation: no man has been on the moon when the magnetotail hits. As added the same scientist, 'Apollo astronauts never landed on a full moon and they never experienced the magnetotail.' But read more for additional details about how Earth's magnetotail could affect men on the moon."
Seriously, what happened to the tags that users were able to contribute in the past? Yes some people were submitting 30 character tags and abusing the system but that was short lived. It's a shame that Slashdot has become less interactive where user feedback and contributions are relegated to the ghetto of comments and paying $10-$20 for an accepted submission like Piquepaille and that Imaginary Property guy.
What's fun about that? I think it's really depressing and dissappointing to realize it was all a hoax in the first place.
I wonder if we'll ever go there.
/tb
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